Test Execution Spanning Cloud and Local Devices

1. A system comprising: a processor; a test management system that: determines a list of available devices, said available devices comprising available cloud based devices and available non-cloud based devices; selects at least one available cloud based device; selects at least one available non-cloud based device; launches a test, said test being defined in a sequence of tasks, a first task being a task being performed by said non-cloud based device and a second task being performed by said cloud based device, said sequence of tasks being distributed by a messaging system, said messaging system being subscribed to by said non-cloud based device and said cloud based device; collects results from said non-cloud based device and said cloud based device; and displays said results.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the result collection is performed by a data collection service, said data collection service subscribing to output from said non-cloud device and said cloud based device.

3. The system of claim 2 , said test management system that further: identifies a plurality of devices; receives criteria for said plurality of devices; and presents a subset of said plurality of devices matching said criteria.

4. A system comprising: a processor; a test management system that: determines a list of available devices, said available devices comprising available cloud based devices and available non-cloud based devices; selects at least one available cloud based device; selects at least one available non-cloud based device; launches a test, said test being defined in a sequence of tasks, a first task being a task being performed by said non-cloud based device and a second task being performed by said cloud based device, said sequence of tasks being distributed by a messaging system, said messaging system being subscribed to by said non-cloud based device and said cloud based device; collects results from said non-cloud based device and said cloud based device; and displays said results; and an installation system that: connects to a first device, said first device being a non-cloud device; causes said first device to be connected to a messaging service; registers said first device as one of said available non-cloud devices; and makes said first device available as said non-cloud devices to said test management system.

5. The system of claim 4 , said installation system that further: downloads an agent to said first device, said agent connecting to said messaging service.

6. The system of claim 5 , said messaging service being a cloud-based service.

7. The system of claim 6 , said agent that further: connects to a data collection service, said data collection service being a cloud-based service.

8. The system of claim 4 , said installation system that further: downloads authentication credentials to said first device, said authentication credentials authenticating said first device to perform cloud management operations.

9. The system of claim 8 , said cloud management operations being operations incapable of being performed by a cloud based device.

10. The system of claim 9 , said cloud management operations comprising changing an operational status of a cloud based device.

11. The system of claim 4 , said first device being capable of address spoofing.

12. A method comprising: defining a test sequence, said test sequence being a plurality of tasks, at least one task being performed by a cloud based device and at least one task being performed by a non-cloud based device; selecting a first device being a cloud based device and a second device being a non-cloud based device to perform said test sequence; transmitting said test sequence to a messaging service, said messaging service being subscribed to by said first device and said second device, said messaging service that transmits said tasks to subscribing devices; receiving results from said first device and said second device through a data collection service; and presenting said results in a test report.

13. The method of claim 12 , said messaging service and said data collection service being cloud based services.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising: installing an agent on said non-cloud based device, said agent connecting said non-cloud based device to said massaging service and said data collection service.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising: identifying a group of available devices by accessing said data collection service to retrieve identifiers for said first device and said second device.

16. The method of claim 15 , said non-cloud device transmitting an identifier using said data collection service.

17. A system comprising: a first connection to a first device being a cloud device; a second connection to a second device being a non-cloud device; a third connection to a messaging service that receives tasks and transmits said tasks to subscribers of said messaging service, said messaging service being a cloud service; said first device having a first agent that subscribes to said messaging service; said second device having a second agent that subscribes to said messaging service; a test management system that: receives a test sequence comprising a plurality of said tasks; identifies said first device and said second device to perform said test sequence; and transmits said plurality of tasks to said first device and said second device through said messaging service.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising: a fourth connection to a data collection service that receives data from said first device and said second device.

19. The system of claim 18 , said first agent and said second agent transmitting data to said data collection device.

20. The system of claim 17 , said data collection service being a cloud-based service.